Category: Missions
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The Wilds
When deciding to start Camp Rhino, I knew there would be an enormous learning curve heading into that area of ministry. Since our arrival to the States, I’ve tried to visit different camps and meet with their directors in order to gain as much knowledge as I could about camp ministry. Last month, when visiting…
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August 2017 Prayer Letter
Dear Pastor and Friends, Much has happened since our last update. Thank you so much for your prayers for us and the work here in South Africa. One prayer request from our last letter was for our youth conference. We had a great turn out. The Lord blessed and we saw two people make…
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$2000 for Camp Rhino from Ohio
Sunday morning I reported back to a faithful supporter, and Sunday evening I presented our ministry in a new church. Both churches surprised me when they each gave $1000 for Camp Rhino. Calvary Chapel Baptist Church in Minster, OH has faithfully supported my family since 2001. I enjoyed seeing Pastor Robert Warnick, and the Assistant…
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Marriage Retreat
Our home church hosted a marriage retreat this past week in Atlanta, GA. They booked a hotel and conference center for the retreat only about 30 minutes away from the church. After all our traveling it was nice to have the retreat so close. I’m glad to know we have a Pastor and church staff…
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Wolf Mountain Camp in Grass Valley, CA
I want to first apologize for the duplicate emails that occasionally come out. I’m trying to fix that on my blog and will hopefully have that squared away this week. Amy and I arrived back from our trip to California late Tuesday night. We had a great time visiting three churches and spending time with…
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Update from San Jose, California
We’ve been in the San Jose and Sacramento, CA area since Friday of last week. Ross & Sue Pyle, former missionaries to South Africa, made it possible for us to be in this part of the world. They have graciously opened their home in San Jose to Amy and I and have been wonderful hosts.…
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Last Week of Camp
The past few weeks have been very busy with camp. We started off for our mission orientation at Sand Mountain Bible Camp from May 29-June 2nd. We then helped out at Fort Bluff Camp during their junior week, June 5-9. We then went back to Sand Mountain Bible Camp for our home church’s week of…
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Over $60,000 has now been given for Camp Rhino
It’s been an amazing week and a half for Camp Rhino. One minute I’m informing folks of a special offering, and the next minute another offering was coming in. -On Thursday, June 29th, my home church, Vision Baptist Church, gave $760 for the Camp Rhino. This was the day after I announced that Northside Baptist…
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$1500 from Pembroke, GA
Yesterday, Luke and I drove about 4 hours over to the small town of Pembroke, Ga to report back to one of our supporting churches. Pastor Spencer and the great folks of Northside Baptist Church have been faithful partners in the ministry from early on in our deputation. It was great hearing about the new…
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Check out the Initial Design for Camp Rhino
Now that we have passed the $50,000 mark in our fundraising goal (only $50,000 more to go:)), I wanted to give you a glimpse of what the future Camp Rhino site will look like. Below is the initial design for the camp based on the first 5-year plan. Once we actually buy property, we’ll have a…